What do you think about the teachers going on strike?

. I hate the idea of teachers’ strikes, because it is bad for communities. However, I would not take away the rights of teachers to strike in the event that supporting structures do not effectively address teachers’ concerns.

Four weeks holiday a year, no pay raise in 7 years and no pension. You really don't know you have been born and striking really quite offends a good proportion of the population.

You have no other option than to strike if you do a job that is so important to the population and teaches children how to survive in life

There are so many problems in our schools today with drugs, etc. In the past giving "swats" (paddling) was seen as okay in America but now in our schools it is not allowed unless the parents say it is okay.

Pathetic waste of time!!! Too many people want the privilege of being a teacher and these teachers don't understand how lucky.

Teachers were picked on primarily for having short working days and long vacations while being paid quite a lot for those easy jobs. (I’ve had connections with teachers, including being married to one, and I know a they put in a lot of evening, weekend, and even summer vacation time.)

Going on strike should be a desperate and final resort in negotiations between employers and unions.

It is acceptable for teachers to strike in order to exert their rights to fair compensation and benefits.

A wage restraint over the next 2-3 years is not a big deal. The government provides funding for the school board, therefore the government has the right to freeze wages.

I do feel that it is ok for teachers to go on strike, teachers shouldn't feel that they have to accept any treatment that is dealt to them.

Striking negatively effects people's lives, jobs, and can cause huge inconvenience.

When professional athletes strike, it is an inconvenience to the fans of the sport.

As public employees entrusted with children's education, teachers should not go on strike, but instead employ other means.

By going on strike you are not only putting yourselves at risk from you r job, but the childrens education and there parents priorities.

When it became obvious that the strike would last much longer than had been expected, there was a ham-fisted attempt to reopen the schools with untrained parents as teachers.

What didn’t occur to me is that many of the families wanted their children at school, because they didn’t have the resources to keep them at home.

But teachers make a commitment to consistently providing their professional services much like first responders or doctors - when they are not present, society breaks down.

while I think that teachers should have the technical right to not teach, I view this as a nuclear option.

I hate the idea of teachers’ strikes, because it is bad for communities.

However, I would not take away the rights of teachers to strike in the event that supporting structures do not effectively address teachers’ concerns.

What other option do they have? They are not being paid a salary that can support them, hence a strike is the only option available to them since they have no other recourse than to strike.

Teachers were picked on primarily for having short working days and long vacations while being paid quite a lot for those easy jobs.

Ya know what? I sympathize with the teachers. Many have administrations that don’t support them in disputes with parents and students.

Would not it be great to pay them enough, so they would not? Teacher salary should start at six figures and go up with experience.

Teachers like everyone else, are entitled to withdraw their labour to improve their pay and conditions